Sec. 1316. CYPRUS, GREECE, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES 3+1 INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

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## SEC. 1316 CYPRUS, GREECE, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES 3+1 INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP **[**[22 U.S.C. note](/us/usc/t22) prec. 261**]** ###

(a)Establishment There is established a group, to be known as the “Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group”, to serve as a legislative component to the 3+1 process launched in Jerusalem in March 2019. ###

(b)Membership The Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group shall include a group of not more than 6 United States Senators, to be known as the “United States group”, who shall be appointed in equal numbers by the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. The majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate shall also serve as ex officio members of the United States group. ###

(c)Meetings Not less frequently than once each year, the United States group shall meet with members of the 3+1 group to discuss issues on the agenda of the 3+1 deliberations of the Governments of Greece, Israel, Cyprus, and the United States to include maritime security, defense cooperation, energy initiatives, and countering malign influence efforts by the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation. ###

(d)Authorization of Appropriations ####

(1)In general There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the expenses of the United States group. ####

(2)Availability of funds Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended. ###

(e)Termination The Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group shall terminate 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.